There is an ongoing slander campaign against Islam, claiming that it is a religion that promotes violence and hinting that it seeks world conquest. Before you buy the malarkey that is being produced by people with their own agendas or prejudices or who are just plain ignoramuses, follow these few suggestions:
Compare the history of Islam with the history of Europe, which for centuries was called Christendom. An objective look will show you that Christendom wins by a landslide when it comes to violence and wars. After all, Europe and its offspring did not come to dominate the world, including the Islamic countries, because they practiced the gentle virtues of Jesus.
As for the common practice of cherry-picking Scripture from holy writings and presenting it out of context, just check out what Christians call the Old Testament. There you will find God advocating a double standard of morality, condoning slavery, ordering the Israelites to commit genocide and committing infanticide himself on a mass scale. I don’t believe you will
find anything comparable in the Qur’an.
I wonder why are they making so much fuss about Sharifah Amani’s act of sin and all sorts of noises criticising the Muslim scholars who was doing their duty in giving advice to the actress in question.
After all, its not their hair that is being shaved off. Its not them that the muftis are criticising.
Their (lack of) knowledge about religion is so laughable, that one might be implored to ask: who died and appointed them as spokesperson of Islam? Who are they compared to the learned Muftis in their field? If you want engineering advice, you go to an engineer. If you want medical advice, you go to a doctor.
It thus leaves little to imagination to whom you go to when you want to ask for Islamic advice.
Its amazing how idiotic some people can be when they arrogate themselves to the position of commenting about Islam, particularly the Holy Al Quran Al Kareem. The problem with these Islamophobic individuals is that they do not know first-hand about the position of women in Islam, as it is practiced in the Muslim world since the Prophet Muhammad, salla allahu alayhi wassallam, first preached this Message of pristine Truth
.After all, truth is a concept which Islamophobes like this person, Elaine Lim, have a hard time trying to grasp. I, as a Muslim, am totally offended when we have kaafirs like Elaine Lim telling me that my religion discriminates me. It is totally preposterous.